A former Louisville pastor has accepted a plea deal on multiple sex offenses stemming from the abuse of three young sisters.
Prosecutors
alleged Allen Lehmann, 80, abused the girls over the course of a decade
when they visited his Louisville home. At the time, Lehmann worked as a
pastor at Trinity Chapel Assembly of God church.
Lehmann
entered an Alford plea, which allows defendants to maintain their
innocence while acknowledging prosecutors may have sufficient evidence
for a jury to convict.
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Lehmann's wife, Verna Lehmann, was also on trial, accused of knowing about, even enabling, the abuse.
She
was charged in May 2016 with three counts of complicity first-degree
sexual abuse and facilitation charges of first-degree rape and
first-degree sodomy.
Ex-Louisville pastor avoids jail in youth sex abuse plea
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